Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves for his second straight shutout as the Florida Panthers extended the Carolina Hurricanes' winless streak to 10 games with a 3-0 victory in the NHL on Wednesday.

Getting physical: Calgary's Jarome Iginla checks Stephane Robidas of the Stars into the boards Wednesday in Dallas. AP PHOTO

Vokoun beat St. Louis 4-0 on Saturday.

Steven Reinprecht opened the scoring early in the third period, Cory Stillman added a power-play goal and an assist, and defenseman Bryan Allen scored an empty-net goal with 2:01 left.

Sharks 3, Blue Jackets 2 (SO)

In Columbus, San Jose defenseman Dan Boyle scored the lone goal in a shootout, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped all three Blue Jackets shooters to give the Sharks their sixth straight win and eighth in their last nine games.

Nabokov made 26 saves in regulation and overtime, then stopped attempts by Nikita Filatov, Anton Stralman and Rick Nash in the tiebreaker.

Sabres 3, Islanders 0

In Buffalo, Ryan Miller made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season and 14th overall, and Thomas Vanek had a goal and assist to help the Sabres end New York's four-game winning streak.

Derek Roy and Paul Gaustad also scored to help Buffalo rebound from a 5-0 loss to the Islanders on Saturday.

Devils 3, Capitals 2

In Newark, N.J., Niclas Bergfors scored power-play goals 3:13 apart in the third period as New Jersey beat Alex Ovechkin-less Washington.

Martin Brodeur had 26 saves for the Devils. Tyler Sloan and Tomas Fleischmann scored for the Capitals. Ovechkin, the NHL MVP the past two seasons, sustained an upper-body strain on Sunday against Columbus.

Flames 3, Stars 2 (OT)

In Dallas, Jarome Iginla scored on a power play at 1:25 of overtime to give Calgary a comeback victory over the Stars.

Daymond Langkow tied it for the Flames with 49 seconds left in regulation with goalie Curtis McElhinney on the bench for an extra attacker.

Avalanche 4, Coyotes 1

In Denver, Milan Hejduk had two goals and an assist, and Peter Budaj — recovered from swine flu — stopped 28 shots for Colorado in his first start of the season.

Marek Svatos also scored and David Jones added an empty-netter as the Avalanche improved to 5-0 at the Pepsi Center, one win away from tying its best home start since moving to the Mile High City.

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